Antiseptic razor-cabinet.



No. 63l,087. Patented Aug. l5, I899. A. R. MIRANDA.

ANTISEPTIC RAZOR CABINET.

[Application filed Oct. 3, 1898.) (No Model.)

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ABRAHAM R. MIRANDA, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS,

ANTISEPTIC RAZOR-CABINET.'

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 631,087, dated August 15, 1899.

Application filed October 3, 1898.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ABRAHAM R. MIRANDA, a citizen of the United States,residing at Boston, in the county of Suffolk and State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and useful Antiseptic Razor-Cabinet, ofwhich the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The object of this invention is the construction of a cabinet adapted tocontain razors and other articles of hair-dressers use and to permitthem to be rendered aseptic by directing upon them at will a supply ofdisinfecting-vapor.

In the drawings forming part of this specification, Figure 1 is a frontelevation of my cabinet. Fig. 2 is asectional front elevation of thesame. Fig. 3 is a sectional detail View of the device for antisepticallytreating the razors placed in the cabinet. Fig. 4 is a detail viewshowing the valve for preventing any undesired escape of the antisepticvapor, and Fig. 5 is a horizontal detail section of the vaporizing-tube.

In this cabinet it is my plannot to permit the continuous action of theantiseptic vapor upon the razors, but to have the said vapor showeredupon them immediately prior to their use. I accomplish this by supplyinga vapor-accumulating chamber just beneath the razor-compartments andproviding means for expelling this vapor from its chamber up into therazor-compartments. My means for doing this is as follows:

Referring to the drawings, A is the razorcabinet, having one cornertruncated and a cover A hinged to said truncated corner. Beneath saidcover are located the razor-apartments O C, which are here shown asthree in number, but may be increased to several times as many. Whilethese apartments are shown as adapted for razors, they may evidently bemade to accommodate any other articles of hair-dressers use, such ascombs, scissors, brushes, &c.

This cabinet rests upon a hollow metal base B, provided with flanges bfor retaining the same in place. Said base and receptacle B are madewith a filling-aperture b and are designed for holding a supply ofvolatile antiseptic fluid. Rising from this receptacle beneath therazor-apartments O is a tube E, having an outlet e at its upper end keptnor- Serial No. 692,517. (No model.)

mally closed by the ball E, and said ball being held in place by thecage 6'. Within said tubeis another, F, which extends through to thebottom of the receptacle, where it is soldered or otherwise fastened inplace. The upper part of said inner tube is perforated, as shown in Fig.3, and between said tubes I insert a tubular wick D, the lower end ofwhich extends into the antiseptic fluid in the receptacle. Projectingthrough the bottom of said receptacle into the inner tube F is theextremity of the tubing 9, the outer section of which is of rubber andterminates in the bulb G.

In operating this disinfecting-device a simple pressure of the bulb Gexpels the air through the inner tube F and out at the ballclosed outlet6, carrying with it the antiseptic vapor which had accumulated in saidinner tube, the capillary action of the wick elevating the fluid to thepoint where the vapor therefrom can evaporate through the perforations finto said accumulating-chamber or'inner tube F.

I do not design all the razor-apartments to be reached by the antisepticfluid, for the reason that I do not wish all the razors to be sprayedevery time a single one is treated. Instead I keep the razors usually incompartments O, to which the vapor cannot reach,

and then just before a razor is used place it in the apartment- C andthrow the disinfecting-vapor thereon by pressing the bulb G. To thushave the apartments both free from the vapor and others providedtherewith, I have the floor 0 perforated only beneath the apartments G,into which the vapor is to pass. I further insure the proper passage ofthe vapor into said apartments by providing the hood 0, into which thetube E is adapted to somewhat tightly fit.

In refilling the receptacle B the cabinet is removed therefrom, the capI) unscrewed, and the fluid poured in. In doing this the cabinetwithdraws easily from between the flanges b and the hood 0' from thetube E, said tube serving normally to more firmly hold the cabinet inplace.

In the face of the cabinet I form a more or less ornamental frame havingits diagonal vertical, and near the upper corner thereof I furnish ascrew and nut P P Upon said screw a supply of sheets of paper P issuspended for the use of the hair-dresser, the nut serving to retain thepaper in place thereon. By thus having the paper suspended at one cornera single point of suspension is suflicient to cause it to hang free andsmooth. The object in thus having the action of the disinfectingapparatus operative at will instead of continuously exhaling vapor isone both of economy and agreeableness. If allowed to act continuously,the vapor accum ulates upon the surfaces of the razors, renderingthemneedlessly odorous when being used, and then escapes into the atmosphereof the room, scenting that up to a greater or less extent. All this isan unnecessary escape of vapor and a lack of economy.- VVith myautomatic vapor-ejector onlyjust enough is used at any time as isnecessary and not a particle can be lost in the room or as a needlessaccumulation upon the instruments.

\Vhat I claim as my invention, and for which I desire Letters Patent, isas follows, to wit:

1. In an instrument-disinfecting cabinet, the combination of theapartment adapted to contain instruments, the disinfecting-fluidreceptacle, the vapor-accu mulating chamber communicating both with saidapartment and receptacle, means for normally closing the passage fromsaid chamber to said apartment, and means for suddenly forcing air intosaid chamber and thereby opening said closing means and conveying thevapor from said chamber to said apartment and thereby enabling the sameto render the instruments therein properlyaseptic, substantially as andfor the purpose set forth.

2. In an antiseptic-cabinet, the combina tion of theinstrument-containing apartment, the disinfecting-liquid receptacle, thetube rising from said receptacle and communicating with said apartment,the valve for normally closing said means of communication, the wicksuspended in said tube and reaching into the said receptacle, and meansfor suddenly forcing air into said tube and thereby causing said valveto open and the contained vapor to pass to said apartment, whereby theinstruments placed in said apartment can be disinfected at will but arenormally free from such antiseptic action, substantially as and for thepurpose set forth.

3. In an antiseptic-cabinet, the combina tion of the instrnment-containin g apartment, the comparatively shallow disinfecting-fluidreceptacle located beneath the same, the tube terminally secured to thebottom of said receptacle and rising through the top thereof, said tubebeing perforated throughout its upper portion, the tubular wick fittedabout said tube, the outer tube fitted about said wick above saidreceptacle and having a nor= mally closed opening at its upper endcommunicating with said apartment, and means for suddenly forcing airinto said inner tube and thereby freeing said opening from its normalmeans of closure and carrying the vapor accumulating in said tube fromthe same into said apartment and causing it to disinfect the instrumentscontained therein, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

4-. The combination with the razor-apartments, of the antiseptic-fluidreceptacle, the tube rising from the top thereof and having the outletin its upper end, the ball normally closing said outlet, the cage forretaining said ball in place, the perforated inner tube rising from thebottom of said receptacle within said other tube, the wick locatedbetween said tubes and reaching down into said fluid, the tubing openinginto the lower part of said inner tube, and the blast-producing bulbcommunicating with said tubing.

In testimony that I claim the foregoinginvention I have hereunto set m yhand this 27th day of September, 1898.

ABRAHAM R. MIRANDA.

\Vitnesses:

A. B. UPHAM, IIELEN A. Scor'r.

